101 uses for an old inner tube: show me your creative bike solutions.

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101 uses for an old inner tube: show me your creative bike solutions.
muddyground
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On my bike mud used to collect on the little fabricated ‘A’ link between the chain stays. It just annoyed me, so I came up with this little Blue Peter’esque solution. It’s not perfect, and I realise that in fabricating mudguards I’m just one step away from having a dog in a whicker basket, but it keeps me happy. More importantly, although looking a bit sad, it did the job I wanted it to do.

Posted 11 years ago

muddyground
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Image above didn’t upload!

Posted 11 years ago

cynic-al
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1. You can edit the original post.

2. Does that not clog anyway?

Posted 11 years ago

FGF 701 The Hydrate Or Die Edition

thisisnotaspoon
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Front fork guard on my Swift

Sling for my broken arm! Adjust the length with a zip tie crimping it behind your neck is far more comfortable than someone shaking it arround trying to tie a knot!

Posted 11 years ago

Onzadog
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Used as a shield for the rear shock on the wife’s stumpy fsr as the shock is in line of all the back wheel spray.

Posted 11 years ago

muddyground
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Hi Cynic-al – I tried a few times, but it didn’t want to play ball. Perhaps I was too quick between uploading to Flickr and then here? Dunno.

So far it hasn’t clogged up in 6 months, and things have been pretty bad here in Surrey of late. Indeed it clags less than if it wasn’t there…. er, apologies for poor use of english there. Being rubber it bounces around a lot, and I think this dislodges cack.

I’d fill in the void (??) but that’d be going too far.

Posted 11 years ago

cp
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old road innertubes wrapped round the RH chainstay to protect against paint chipping and the noise of chain slap.

Posted 11 years ago

UrbanHiker
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Not one the bike, but I’ve used an inner tube to seal gaps in a fireplace in my house. Pushed it in deflated, then once in place pumped it up a bit and it sealed everything nicely. Worked a treat.

Recently checked it and it was still working, holding pressure, 18 months after installation. Should see me through till I can be arsed to actually fix the problem.

Works better than my chimney balloon which keeps deflating.

Posted 11 years ago

Sparky77
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Also not one on the bike, but broke a binding whilst snowboarding, managed to use a inner tube section to replace the broken section to board the whole way back down the mountain to get a replacement 😀

Posted 11 years ago

alpin
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you take inner tubes with you when snowboarding?

Posted 11 years ago

stever
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I’ve got one of these in my back pocket on road rides:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99326362/recycled-bike-inner-tube-piccolo-pouch

Posted 11 years ago

budgierider67
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Like many divers, I have inner tube loops all over my kit keeping it streamlined and in place.

Posted 11 years ago

GaryLake
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Needed to do a wheel end cap change and didn’t have two of the right sized cone spanner. Used an inner tube as a gripper to hold one end while I undid the other. Was quite pleased with my last minute ingenuity given it spared me an LBS visit.

Posted 11 years ago

GaryLake
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Blargh double.

Posted 11 years ago

avdave2
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They use them at the Eden Project along with poles to do pioneering stuff in the kids area. I did let my kids help a little bit.

Posted 11 years ago

pixelmix
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Not very impressive but they are ideal for shimming crud guards to fit slim seatposts.

Posted 11 years ago

mrjmt
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Wedged a piece of innertube between one of the mounts for the undertray on my van and the chassis to stop the squeeking that had driven me mad for a year until I figured out what it was. 8)

Posted 11 years ago

chives
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Another crudguard fix – this time for worn bracket / guard interface. 2012-05-08 13.15.36 by Uncle Monk, on Flickr[/img]

Posted 11 years ago

MostlyBalanced
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Gamut chain rollers are noisy as standard. A piece of roadie inner tube glued on to the roller makes it silent.

Posted 11 years ago

dantsw13
Full Member

As I am too tight to buy a Neoguard, I made this!!

[/url] Untitled by danthomassw13, on Flickr[/img]

Works a treat – one old tube makes about 4!!

Posted 11 years ago

muddyground
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As I am too tight to buy a Neoguard, I made this!!

– but you ride a Santa Cruz!

Seems to be quite a bit of creativity out there.

Posted 11 years ago

dantsw13
Full Member

Yes, but I ride a Santa Cruz frame I bought for £300 with a DHX5 coil shock :-))

Posted 11 years ago

dantsw13
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I’m also considering extending the inner tube across to the downtube

Posted 11 years ago

meehaja
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No pictures I’m afraid, but used road inner tube to “insulate” some torches to make them waterprrof enough for night riding then used some MTB inner tube for mounting them to the bars.

Posted 11 years ago

stilltortoise
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No pics, but I do find them handy for undoing stubborn jam jar lids. Wrap, twist and off

Posted 11 years ago

Sparky77
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you take inner tubes with you when snowboarding?

Just had it in my bag from cycling, cable ties wouldn’t work as they just became too brittle with the cold and kept on snapping after 100m’s of riding!!

Posted 11 years ago